Ran a 10k & all I got was a dam rock

Hey guys!!  Sorry that is seems like I am not posting as much as I did when training for my half marathons.  I am currently trying to take a break from running and focus more on my weight training and core work.  I am hoping this will help me to be a better runner.  In the meantime, I have completed two races.  One was a 10k and the other was a 5k.  In this post,  I will talk about the 10k that I did a week ago.

The 10k was at a dam in here in town and was put on by a couple of people from our church. I had been keeping an eye on the weather and cringing every time I checked it.  It was looking like it was going to be a crisp 25 degrees when the race started and that was at 8 in the morning.  Race day came and sure enough it was around 25 degrees.  Freezing cold and to be honest, I questioned my sanity.  I have run 3 half marathons to date and I was beginning to wonder if I had really lost my mind running in below freezing temperatures.  Because of who I am, I still got dressed in pants, a sweat shirt, a hate and headed to the start line with all the other runners. 

I know one thing for sure was that I need to go shopping for winter running clothes.  What I wore that morning was just not cutting it.  I got maybe half a mile in and my toes were numb.  If I didn't know better, I would have thought they fell off.  It took probably 2 miles or so before I could feel them.  In between my toes warming up, my nose was running with no end in site.  With the way my nose felt, I would have thought that I was Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.  Eventually I was able to feel about everything. 

As I have mentioned before, I have had ankle issues and was really hoping and praying that I wouldn't have any issues during this run and that was not the case. A little bit before mile 4, I was trying my hardest to run and pop my ankle by swinging it to the side and twisting it all this while running.  I am sure that I was a site to see.  I just couldn't take it anymore by this time and I had to stop and pop it.  I learned then that if I stopped and popped it when it first started hurting that I was able to do alright. I still came in a good time.  Placed 2nd in my age group and the medals were a rock from the dam.  Hence the title of this post. :)  I had one of the best runs that I have had in a long time and there were numerous things that contributed to that. 

I am just thankful that I am able to run so until next time.